Entries Categorized as 'Product Reviews'

Intuit’s Free Accounting Software-QuickBooks Simple Start 2008

November 9, 2007

Intuit is giving away QuickBooks Simple Start, accounting software that can be used by just about any new business owner. This version is far easier to set up and learn. Intuit claims that you can set up your company in Simple Start after answering 3 easy questions.

If you have no book-keeping experience and want to use something more sophisticated than pencil and paper or simple spreadsheets, you might want to consider this freebie. It is available in an online and a desktop version. The Simple Start ONLINE edition permits up to 2 users plus 1 “accountant” user per business, I’m not sure how many the desktop version allows.

QuickBooks Simple Start Pros and Cons

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Book Review:How to Talk to Customers

October 8, 2007

Last week was National Customer Service Week. Yes, there’s actually a week set aside to observe customer service here in the United States. Although most of us, unless in a service oriented industry such as a help desk or call center environment, are completely unaware of it, customer service week is observed yearly around the first week of October.

Online or off, we all have some type of customer whether we realize it or not. With increasing competition, the level of service we provide and how responsive we are to our customer’s needs will increasingly become the main determining factor for whether they stay with us or move on to our competition.
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Microsoft’s Free Accounting Software for Small Business

April 22, 2007

Once your new business starts generating sales, the need to utilize some type of accounting system becomes very apparent. Many new business owners use pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets to accomplish this task. To make things a lot faster and more efficient, Microsoft has created Office Accounting Express 2008, an easy to use accounting software package.